Library - All Day Saturday

[likethegun]

Yes, Sam was in the library on a Saturday. Between his classes and more personal interests, he had more than enough reading to do.

[Open, particularly for those who need to come in and research for the flood. No OCD today, so have at it.]

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[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Well he was Angel when she met him," Willow explained. "So broody, lurky, not really chatty, and far too into his hair, but otherwise he was pretty nice for a vampire."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"You'd think the vampire thing would've been a warning," Tannim said.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Angel's got a soul," Willow said. "That means he's one of the good guys."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim didn't know much about vampires, so he didn't have a response to that. He returned to his research, and pretty soon he spotted something. "Okay, here's a reference to Poseidon," he exclaimed.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow was ready to make with the note-taking. "Anything good?"

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"Lots of information," Tannim said. "Not sure what's useful." He ran his index finger over the page as he skimmed the book. "God of the sea, earthquakes and horses - says here he claims to have created the horse. Greek, but he's got counterparts in Roman, Etruscan, and Illyrian mythology. Way too much info about his sex life - who writes this stuff?" He flipped to the front of the book to look at the author and date.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Nothing about his sex life!" Willow said. "If that's where the solution is I do not want to know. We will go with option B: things that do not involve sex."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"Totally agreed," Tannim said. "Sailors used to drown horses as sacrifices before long voyages as a tribute to him - okay, I don't think killing more of his creatures is a good way to go here."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No killing horsies!" Willow said. "Okay, plan C: things which do not involve sex or dead horsies. Or sex with dead horsies. Or sex with live ones for that matter. It can be between horsies and their god. Who is apparently Posiedon but you get my point."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"I think I do," Tannim said. "And I'm not arguing it." He read on further, flipped the page, and read some more. "Okay, here." He tapped a paragraph under an artist's version of Poseidon and one of his lovers. "People also gave him tributes when they prayed to him. It says the Greek gods looked favorably upon those who offered up gifts."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Gifts we can do," Willow said. "I'm a big beliver in them. Shame he wasn't around when I was handing out Purim baskets."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"He's probably not Jewish," Tannim said.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy Purim baskets," Willow told him, primly.

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"I just meant that he might be offended by something from another religion," Tannim backtracked quickly.

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Yeah. Point." Willow thought about it. "We should get him something he likes then. Something that shows we've taken the time to get to know him, and we're not treating him like all the other gods."

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

Tannim looked back at the book. "A horse, maybe," he said. "As a gift, not a sacrifice. Not sure where we'd get one around here, though."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

"No dead horsies!" Willow reminded him. "We are not taking the chance that any live horsies given as gifts are not only looked in the mouth but checked for virginity and then fed to dragons and oh!! Toy! Toy horse! Toy horse that can be enjoyed in a totally not killy nor sexual manner! Like - like a rocking horse maybe?"

[sonofdragons.livejournal.com]

"Might work," Tannim said hopefully. "Now we just need to find one and tie a big blue bow on it."

[willbedone.livejournal.com]

Willow grinned at him. "Consider it done!"